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Abrams Bison

Q3 2013 13F · by Gavin Abrams, portfolio manager

As of
Sep 30, 2013
Filed
Nov 14, 2013
US stock
$1.2B · prev $1.1B
Positions
9 · prev 9
Options notional
$175M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture87.1% US stock

Mostly picture · of what this 13F reports is US stock

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 87.1%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 12.9%

Moves7 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 6 equal-sized positions

  1. Very concentrated
  2. Concentrated
  3. Focused
  4. Diversified

Moderate turnover · 27% a year, about 3.6 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions82% of US stock

  1. GD General Dynamics Corporation trimmed−2.10 pp trimmed−2.1022.0%
  2. SIG Signet Jewelers Limited added+1.14 pp added+1.1420.6%
  3. unresolved Foster Wheeler AG added+1.41 pp added+1.4114.7%
  4. PXD Pioneer Natural Resource Co. added+5.04 pp added+5.0413.8%
  5. unresolved Aon PLC added+1.52 pp added+1.5210.7%

Positions9 in this filing · 0 exited

GDGeneral Dynamics Corporation22.04%2,970,000$260Mtrimmed−9%−2.10 pp2 q
SIGSignet Jewelers Limited20.65%3,400,000$244Madded+11%+1.14 pp2 q
unresolvedFoster Wheeler AG14.74%6,600,000$174Madded+1%+1.41 pp2 q
PXDPioneer Natural Resource Co.13.77%860,000$162Madded+34%+5.04 pp2 q
unresolvedAon PLC10.74%1,701,363$127Madded+12%+1.52 pp2 q
BNYBank of New York Mellon Corporation8.63%3,370,000$102Mtrimmed−22%−2.74 pp2 q
RNRRenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.5.38%700,657$63Mheld—2 q
PFEPfizer Inc.2.19%900,000$26Mheld—2 q
unresolvedDell Inc1.87%1,600,000$22Mtrimmed−64%−3.72 pp2 q

Other 13(f) securities

Options 1

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
GD CALL100.00%2,000,000$175M

Notes 0

None in this filing

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 3 unresolved
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet